Isle of Wight thread.

[Huntsman]

Any other Isle of Wight residents on PH?

We're overners, moved over in June this year, currently living in Cowes.

Anybody member of the IOW car club?

[Huntsman]

zed4 said:

My girlfriend's parents live in Wellow, neat Yarmouth. We live near Lymington, so often get the Lymington to Yarmouth ferry to visit them. We usually cycle, too expensive to take the car!

We nearly bought a house in Thorley, just along from Wellow.

There's at least one other PH'er over here, I need to find his username and alert him to this thread (which given time may develop)

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Kneetrembler said:

Yup, I’m an Islander but lived around Europe, but back on the Island, run a 500e, Corvette C5 and a VW T6, but always had boats and sailed around the Atlantic, plus built the same.
Live in St Helens

Nice spot St Helens, love the secondhand book shop.

We plan to live in the West Wight when we buy a place, we'll see!

IOWCC has an event next Saturday, we're going to take a look.

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Cpt Stirling said:

Could someone recommend (from experience) a good place to do wheel balancing and geo set up please?

Sorry, no idea!

We're going to watch the IOWCC tomorrow in Sandown, can't miss me, tumeric coloured cords.

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Aristoc said:

We are thinking of moving to the Isle of Wight and winder if it’s best to replace our ageing car before we move over there or buy one when we are there? Some folk say it’s better to get one over there with low mileage and a local number plate. Are they more expensive though?
BTW, the Isle of Wight Overners Facebook Group is full of information about buying houses over there.

Bring your ageing car. Its a striking difference over here to where we were in Southampton. Much less high end German metal. No white Evoques! Over here there is a lot more bangernomics, a lot more people running around in small vans, like Berlingo's. Masses of VW campers of all ages, they use them as beach vans.

Where it seems on the mainland people wear their car like a posh watch, over here, its more like France, just a tool to get around in.

There is so little traffic, we find we use the car more! There is a supermarket fuel price war and its cheaper here than the mainland prices we were paying.

The DL plates do have a following, but its not a big deal, there is even a DL plates book.

I did join that FB group when I saw your post, but left again, too much traffic on it for me.

RAC have 2 vans over here permanently.

[Huntsman]

We've been here a year and we love it.

Not managed to buy a house but we are close.

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mikeiow said:

I’m a caulkhead by birth....but escaped and live in Leicester. Lucky enough to have a place in Shorwell, try to get down when we can, still have family down here. It is a slower pace of life, for sure!
Must admit I do fancy a campervan....maybe I should look around here!!

Shorwell lovely, tried to buy a house there but seller messed about.

SS2. said:

I've been a regular visitor to the Island since I was a kid. Decided to buy a little bolt-hole over there a few months ago - 5 minute drive from Yarmouth.

Love the beaches, the walks, the pubs, the relaxed feel and a litte frustrated I can only get over there every other weekend at the moment !.

Did you know, if you have an IOW council tax bill, you can take it to Wightlink, £273 buys ten car crossings, to be used any time any route.